Illinois woman accused of pouring boiling water on sleeping boyfriend, posting video

ROSELLE, Ill. — A suburban Chicago woman is accused of pouring boiling water on her boyfriend while he slept, and then posting a video of it on Snapchat, prosecutors said.

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Alexis Sykes, 22, of Roselle, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery by caustic substance and two counts of aggravated domestic battery, WLS reported. Bail was set at $500,000, according to the DuPage County state attorney’s office.

If convicted, Sykes faces between six to 30 years in prison.

Sykes was arrested Jan. 19 in Okitbbeha County, Mississippi, the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights reported.

According to prosecutors, Sykes dumped the water on her boyfriend on Jan. 2. She then went on Snapchat and described watching his skin fall off his arms, WFLD reported.

Sykes allegedly posted on the social media site that “I kind of feel bad now because he got second- and third-degree burns from face to waist, and they rushin’ him to burn center, but oh well (shrugging shoulder emoji),” the Daily Herald reported.

Prosecutors did not give a motive behind the scalding.

Sykes’ boyfriend eventually found the keys to a car and drove himself to a hospital, prosecutors said. He was transferred to the Loyola University Medical Center Burn Unit where he was hospitalized for about two weeks, WFLD reported. He underwent skin graft surgery to treat his burns, prosecutors said.

“This case was brought to resolution by the hard work and persistence of our detectives, who put the case together and were able to locate this offender who fled the state,” Roselle Police Chief Steve Herron said in a news release.

Sykes will appear in court again on March 22, the Daily Herald reported.

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